Machine for pressing clothing.



No. 811,241. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906 F. G. NORTON.

MACHINE FOR PRESSING CLOTHING. APPLICATION rum) 8211219, 1004.

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upon the cloth'by'a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK Cr. NORTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NOR TON ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING NEW JERS EY.

COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MACHINE FOR pnessme CLOTHING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3Q, 1906,

Application filed September 19, 190 Sorial No. 224,941.

To all who/1t it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnrqlc G. NORTON, a citizen, of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State-of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Iinprov'ement in Machines for Pressing Clothing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of ironing-machines used in. clothing manufactories for pressing or smoothing seams, edges, and other parts'of clothing.

I have heretofore constructed machines employing electricity as the means of creating the pressure by the iron upon the garment, the iron being drawn d rectly down owerful magnet or magnets located below t 1e ironing-board and the lines of force passing through the board and also through.the'clothbeing ironed. In this construction there is-much' loss of power, and my principal endeavor 1n the present invention has been to avoid this loss, so that the machine can-be eilicientlyoperated by the use. of an electric current muc less than that required in the machine above referred i. and also to obtain a construction the shifting of the electric power devices wit the shifting of the iron.

The invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front; elevation of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a seck tron on the line 2 2 of log. 1. higr3 1s a partial plan. Fig. 4 1s a detail vertical section of the oint 111 the frame transmittlngpower '-from the magnets to the iron, and Fig. 5

or. may not embody adjustable 'oints.

shows the manner of wiring the machine.

Referring to said drawmgs, 6 represents the ironing or garment-supportmg board iron. While the iron is electrically operated so far as tho exertion .of pressure upon the scam is concerned, the electric currents do not pass through the table or garment, nor do they reach the iron itself, as in the prior machines mentioned by me, but, instead, the electrically-oporating devices are preferably all located under-the table and are connected to the iron by a U-shaped frame which miliy n the preferred construction this rame conpermittin SiStS of a ribbed casting 9, joined to the magnets at one end and to an arm 10 at the other end, and a slidable bar 11, moving through a sleeve formed upon the arm 10 and connecting the frame to the iron. The ironis provided with the usual handle 12, mounted upon astem 13, extending downward through the forked end of the arm 11 into the iron. The stem is confined in the fer'kedend of arm 11 by a in 14, and a spring 15 encircles the stem 13 tween the handle and the forked arm. With this construction the iron is free to be turned about the axis of the stem 12}, so that its point will look in'any desired direction, and the downward ressure upon it from the handle is rendere elastic, the stern. being depreseible in the iron in the usual mannet. -The arm 11 is provided with a crosspin 16, adapted to prevent it from moving too far in one direction.

The joint between the arm 10 and the castmg!) is clearly shown at Fig, 4. The arm 10 is eyed to a vertical pivot 17 by the dpm 18. This vertical pivot extends downwar into a recess formed in the casting Q'and is movable in such recess. tween the bottom of the recess and the pivot,

and at its upper end the pivot is hollowed out and receives the pointed end of an adjusting-' screw 19, operated by a hand-wheel 20. The

A spring '40 is inserted beend of the arm 10 enters the slot 21 formed in the casting, and an openspace 22 above and below the end of the arm isprovlded to permit vertical adjustment ofthe arin through the medium of the screw 1 9. When the screw is turned down, the spring 40 yields and th-e arm is carried downward'ln the slot 21, and when the screw is withdrawn the spring 40 expands and forces the arin'upward. This ad ustment IS employed when a change of thickness of the garments bcingironcd occurs; butthe construction is such that no tible vertical pln i'is permitted to the iron, so

that the ljoint is adapted to transmit-to the iron the ull force received by the casting 9 from the electrical devices, as now to be described. The i'rmnc'!) carries at its lower end two power depending nmgnots' :35} and, to-

gncts, is supported froi'n' gcther with such inn two rods 24 21, upporiod in the-stamlards 7 and having lP-Jjtll su'llh-lrnt to enable the n'onto be used at any point in the length of the table. The frame and magnets are movable freely along these rods, being supported thereon by rollers 25 and hangers 26, attached to risers 27 on the end of the casting 9. There are two rollers and two hangers on each of the rods, and the hangers upon each side may be united by braces 28, if desii ed. The rods are supported in bearings 29, which rest upon springs 3i) and have a slight vertical movement, and the rods are insulated from the bearings by insulation 31. 1 also employ insulation 32 between the hangers 26 and the risers 27. The manner of wiring the magnets will be understood from Fig. 5, and the circuit is closed whenever it is desired to cause the magnets to operate in any suitable way'as, for instance, by means of a foot trcadle 33. Below the magnets and supported in the standard Tis a stationary armature 34, adapted to act with the magnets in any position to which they may be carried.

With this construction the operation will be substantially as follows: Supposing the garment to be pressed is in position upon the table and that the iron is in position upon the garment, the operator by means of the circuit-brealrer treadle 33 or other suitable means closes the circuit and energizes the magnets. The magnets will now be attracted by the armature and drawn down thereto, and in such movement the pressure created is transmitted by the frame 9, 10, and 11 to the iron. The pressure thus caused by the iron will depend, of course, upon the strength or" the current employed and may be made as gr eat as the work to be done requires. In traveling along the garment the operator moves notcnly the iron, but at intervals he moves the power-transmitting l'rame also, the current acting in the same manner in all positions of the magnets relative to the armature and causing the same pressure in all positions. The frame is provided with a lug 35 upon the casting i) and a second lug 36 on the aim 10, adapted to engage each other and in sci-e this traveling by the frame when'the ir in is moved in one direction. iNhen the i n moved back, the arm 1!) swings on the ot 27; but by means ofthc lugs 35 and 36 inc operator insures the main positioning movements of the frame and power devices. 3y conn'ncncing, therefore, at one cud ol'thc garment the operator insures the movement ol' thcmagnctsand power-transmittingl'ramo in conformity with the movcmcnts ol thc iron as the pressing proceeds without any labor or thought upon his part. At the same iiiric tl movcnicntnnii turned back in order to go v nucr portions which do not yicld readily to ron.

'll be noted that thc entire clcctromoilvc. iorc-o is oxcrtci'l dircctly bctwccn the magni'ts and armature without bcing coinpcllcd to pass lln'ongh lhc lablc or the UHF-- you may be stoppcd in its l'orward'v ment under operation, so that there is no loss of current, and also that I dispense with the levers and fulcrums heretofore used in mechanically-operated machines-such, for instance, as those shown in the patent to Varney, No. 322,217.

I claim I 1. The combination with thetable and the iron, of a magnet and armature for depressing the iron, such magnet and armature being located in close proximity to each other and upon the same side of the table, and a rigid connection for transmitting power to the iron.

2. The combination with the table and the iron, of a magnet and armature for giving pressing power to the iron, such m gnet and armature being located in close proximi v ,to each other, and below the table, and a rigid connection for transmitting power to the iron.

7 3. The combination with the table and the iron, an electromagnet and armature, one of which is movable relative to the other and connected to the iron by a rigid connection so that the iron is depressed whenever the n'iagnet is energized.

4. The combination with the table and the iron, of an electromagnet and armature, onc

combincd'an iron, a rigid framejoined to the iron, and an clcctromagnet exerting a direct pull upon the frame and thereby causing the desired pressure by the iron and the armature coacting with said magnet.

7. in a scam-pressing machine, the combination of an clcctrically lepresscd iron and its clcctric operating means, the latter being arranged wholly at one side of the table so that the lines of force do not pass through the lablc or cloth and a connection between said electric opcrating'nicans and the iron.

8. ln a scain-pressing machine, the combination iii an clcctrically-ileprcssml iron, and clcctric mcans l'or depressing the same, the iron forming no part of said depressing means but bcing mcchanically connected thcrclo.

ll. nc combination with the stationary la blc and iron movable lengthwise ol the table, of clcciric powcr dcviccs movablc along the by ihc iron, and a connection lictwccn the eireei 1 iron and said power. devices, the latter traveling with'the iron and embodyin a ivotal jomt permitting some movement yt e iron independent of thepower devices.

, 10. The combination with the table and then, of electric power devices movable along the table with the iron and causing the pressure by the iron, and a connection between the iron and said power devices and traveling with them, said connection embod ing apivotal joint provided with engaging ugs for in- .Suring the movement of the connection with the iron when the latteris moved in one direction.

I Ill The combination. with the table and iron, of electric ower devices movable along the table with the iron and causing the presure by the iron, and a connection between V the iron and said. power devices and traveling with them, said connection embodying a chat permitting vertical adjustment of the iron,

12. The combination with the table and the iron, of a depressible magnet movable with the iron along the table, an armature made long enough to serve the magnet in any position of the latter, and a frame connecting the magnet to the iron. f

13. The combination with the table and the iron of a' depressible magnet movable along the table, ways upon which the magnet moves and is supported, an armature capable of servin the magnet inall its different posithe magnet to the iron.

FREDERICK G, NORTON, Witnesses: V

II. M. MUNDAY,

EDW. S, Evanre.

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